2017/2018 Session
Date | Topic | Speaker/Social Event |
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12 February 2018 | Information Security and Cyber Crime Risk | Patrick Kelliher |
8 February 2018 | Chartered Actuary proposal | Stirling talk - Stephen Cunningham |
7 February 2018 | Chartered Actuary proposal | Glasgow talk - Dermot Grenham |
7 February 2018 | Chartered Actuary proposal | Edinburgh talk - John Taylor |
30 January 2018 | Infrastructure risks | Chris Lewin |
16 January 2018 | Actuaries - unlikely saviours of the world? | Sandy Trust (Grant Thornton), Marianne Harper-Gow (Baillie Gifford) and Kaisie Rayner (Scottish Widows) |
12 January 2018 | Engaging with Employers of Actuaries, in Scotland | Catherine Thorn and Debbie Atkins |
19 December 2017 | A customer-focused investment product minimising pensions plans | Dr Catherine Donnelly |
12 December 2017 | Machine Learning | Valerie du Preez |
11 December 2017 | Actuaries' Code | Alan Watson |
5 December 2017 | Actuaries' Code | Alan Watson |
16 November 2017 | Scottish Mortality - how is it different and why does it matter? (Edinburgh) |
Susan Hanlon, Mercer |
15 November 2017 | Mental Health in the Workplace (Glasgow) |
Josh Quigley, Tartan Explorer, and Lorna Gemme, Law at Work, Barclays |
15 November 2017 |
Scottish mortality - how is it different and why does it matter? |
Susan Hanlon, Mercer |
9 November 2017 | Scottish mortality - how is it different and why does it matter? (Stirling) |
Susan Hanlon, Mercer |
2 November 2017 | Longevity trends and CMI 2016 (Glasgow) |
Conor O'Reilly and Siobhan Lough, Hymans Robertson |
26 October 2017 | Longevity trends and CMI 2016 (Stirling) |
Conor O'Reilly and Siobhan Lough, Hymans Robertson |
25 October 2017 |
Longevity trends and CMI 2016 |
Conor O'Reilly and Siobhan Lough, Hymans Robertson |
15 June 2017 | DC Pensions: Consolidate and certify (Edinburgh) | John McAleer and Gareth Doyle, Aon |
14 June 2017 | DC Pensions: Consolidate and certify (Glasgow) | John McAleer and Gareth Doyle, Aon |
9 June 2017 | Reponsible investment: The new bottom line | Anthony Plotnek and Rob Nakielny, EY |
18 May 2017 | IRM - Putting theory into practice for UK DB pension schemes (Glasgow) | Presented by members of the Integrated Risk Managment (IRM) Working Party. include Andrew Hitchcox (chair), Chinu Patel, Chris Ramsey, Ed Studd, Lok Ma, Marian Elliott, and Tim Keogh. |
17 May 2017 | IRM - Putting theory into practice for UK DB pension schemes (Edinburgh) | Presented by members of the Integrated Risk Managment (IRM) Working Party. include Andrew Hitchcox (chair), Chinu Patel, Chris Ramsey, Ed Studd, Lok Ma, Marian Elliott, and Tim Keogh. |
26 April 2017 | History of British Actuarial Thought | Craig Turnbull, Standard Life |
5 April 2017 | Revised Technical Actuarial Standards (TASs) (Edinburgh) | Robert Inglis and Ann Muldoon, FRC |
5 April 2017 | Revised Technical Actuarial Standards (TASs) (Stirling) | Robert Inglis and Ann Muldoon, FRC |
4 April 2017 | Revised Technical Actuarial Standards (TASs) (Glasgow) | Robert Inglis and Ann Muldoon, FRC |
29 March 2017 | History of British Actuarial Thought | Craig Turnbull, Standard Life |
16 March 2017 | A day in the life of .... a unit-linked actuary (Stirling) | Craig Smith, Standard Life, and Robert Whitehouse, Royal London |
9 March 2017 | A day in the life of .... a unit-linked actuary (Edinburgh) | Craig Smith, Standard Life, and Robert Whitehouse, Royal London |
22 February 2017 | A view from China | Ellen Yang, KPMG |
25 January 2017 | The changing pensions landscape | Sir Steve Webb, Director of Policy and External Communications at Royal London, and former Pensions Minister |
19 January 2017 | Genomics basis of human lifespan (Edinburgh) | Peter Joshi FIA |
11 January 2017 | Genomics basis of human lifespan (Stirling) | Peter Joshi FIA |
23 November 2016 | Being an effective actuary | David Hare, former IFoA President |
1 November 2016 - Glasgow 2 November 2016 - Edinburgh and Stirling |
Presidential visit and strategy refresh | Colin Wilson, President, IFoA, and Derek Cribb, CEO |
27 October 2016 | Actuarial data needs | David Alison and Meshali Chotai, KPMG |
25 October 2016 | Target-risk equity funds | John Caslin, Director, Alder Capital |
5 October 2016 - Stirling 13 October 2016 - Edinburgh |
Climate change - a classic risk management problem | Sandy Trust, Senior Manager, Grant Thornton UK LLP |
22 September 2016 | Attention, deficit! Managing small pension schemes | Andy Thomson, Director, Thomson Dickson Consulting Ltd |
7 September 2016 - Glasgow; 8 September 2016 - Edinburgh and Stirling |
Target-risk equity funds | John Caslin |
2015/2016 Session
Date | Topic | Speaker/Social Event |
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19 July 2016 | FRC Consultation (Glasgow and Edinburgh) Changes to Specific Technical Actuarial Standards (TASs) and rationale for changes |
Robert Inglis, Ann Muldoon |
18 July 2016 | FRC Consultation (Stirling) Changes to Specific Technical Actuarial Standards (TASs) and rationale for changes |
Robert Inglis, Ann Muldoon |
21 June 2016 | Demographics | Amy Wilson and Kirsty MacLachlan |
20 June 2016 | Microinsurance | Eamon Kelly and Henry Yan |
26 May 2016 | Industrialised Financial Reporting Working Party | Representatives from the Working Party |
20 April 2016 | Behavioural Economics and Financial Services | Professor Liam Delaney, Director of Behavioural Science Centre, Stirling Management School |
13 April 2016 | The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' (IFoA's) Disciplinary Scheme and You (meetings held in Stirling and Glasgow) | Fiona Burrough, Case Manager, IFoA |
30 March 2016 | Public Sector Pension Changes (meetings held in Stirling, Edinburgh and Glasgow) |
Allan Martin |
17 March 2016 | EU Referendum | Tim Werkhoven |
16 March 2016 | EU Referendum | Tim Werkhoven |
2 March 2016 | Fundamentally re-thinking ALM | Paul Fulcher, Nomura International Neil Snyman, Aviva Investors |
9 February 2016 | The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' (IFoA's) Disciplinary Scheme and You | Fiona Burrough, Case Manager, IFoA |
13 January 2016 | What is funding liquidity risk and how can a bank manage it? | Iain Ritchie, PhD Student, Heriot-Watt University |
14 December 2015 | The Challenges of an Ageing Population | Professor David Bell and Professor Liam Delaney |
1 December 2015 | Risk Roadshow (Glasgow) | Christine McConnell, Head of Regualtory Compliance, IFoA, and Phil Doggart, Policy Manager, IFoA |
1 December 2015 | Risk Roadshow (Edinburgh) | Christine McConnell, Head of Regulatory Compliance, IFoA, and Phil Doggart, Policy Manager, IFoA |
22 October 2015 | Model-independent price bounds for the Swiss Re Mortality Bond 2003 | Raj Bahl, PhD Student at the University of Edinburgh |
15 & 19 September 2015 | What is funding liquidity risk and how can a bank manage it? | Presented by Iain Ritchie, PhD student at the University of Edinburgh. Hosted by Hymans Robertson, Glasgow and Edinburgh |
2014/2015 Session
- 26 May 2015 - Critial Illness Pricing: Can prices get any lower? Presented by Matthew Smith, Pacific Life Re. Hosted by the IFoA, Edinburgh.
- 21 May 2015 - The 3 Rs: Risk, Regulation and Ring-fencing. Navigating the pensions maize at UK banks. Presented by Doug Baird and Sharon Midwinter, RBS. Hosted at the IFoA, Edinburgh.
- 7 May 2015 - Professional Skills Event - Solving business issues and dilemmas. Presented by Tony Hewitt FIA, Lecturer at Imperial College, London (2008-2014)
- 26 March 2015 - A sea change in pensions. Presented by John Warburton, Executive Director, Distributions, and Sandy Trust, Corporate Pensions, Head of Unit Linked Funds, Prudential
- 12 March 2015 - Demonstrating solvency by brute force is computationally tractable. Presented by Mark Tucker, PhD student at the University of Edinburgh and hosted by Moody's Analytics
- 26 February 2015 - Impact of the 2014 budget on DB pension schemes. Presented by Steven Yates, Andrew Hornell and Stuart Cook, Towers Watson
- 24 February 2015 - Recovery and resolution planning. Presented by Sandy Reid from Standard Life and James Crispin from AEGON UK Plc.
- 5 February 2015 - Current legislative developments in the pensions industry. Presented by John Wilson, Head of Technical, JLT Benefit Solutions
- 15 January 2015 - There's more to life than pensions. Presented by Maggie Craig, Head of Savings and Investment Division, Policy, Risk and Research Division, Financial Conduct Authority
- 4 December 2014 - Joint KSS and CANUK event with two presentations:
- An Englishman in PRC. Presented by John Atherton, Standard Life.
- Trends and opportunities of investing in emerging markets. Presented by Steven Yang Yu, Redington
- 17 November 2014 - Adverse selection in a start-up long-term care insurance market. Presented by Dr Craig Adams, Data Manager, Market Consistent Reporting, Aegon
- 20 October 2014 - Talk 1 - Fund governance and oversight. Talk 2 - Taxation of unit linked life funds. Presented by George McCutcheon, Financial Risk Solutions Ltd. Hosted by Prudential, Craigforth, Stirling
- 30 September 2014 - Cause of death modelling. Presented by Donald MacLeod, Chief Actuary, Scottish Friendly Assurance Society and Chair of the Cause of Death Modelling Party. Hosted by KPMG, Gl
- 10 September 2014 - Family fortunes. Perception vs reality around retirement. Presented by Stephen Birch and Mark Jaffray, Hymans Robertson. Hosted by Hymans Robertson, Edinburgh
2013/2014 Session
- 25 September 2013 - Unmanageable Pensions debts - or perhaps "When push (pension debt) comes to shove (sponsoring employer insolvency). Presented by Allan Martin. Hosted by KPMG Glasgow.
- 28 November 2013 - A discussion in GMP Equalisation and Conversion and Changes to Accountancy Disclosures. Presented by Russell Laver and Murray Wright from JLT Group. A copy of the presentation can be seen here. Hosted by JLT Group, Edinburgh.
- 24 January 2014 - A progress report on the IFoA Quality Assurance Scheme. Presented by Ben Kemp, General Council of the IFoA. Hosted by Mercer, Edinburgh.
- 6 February 2014 - Employer sponsored benefits - impact on the wider market. Presented by Lee Lovett, Head of Business Development, UK & Ireland, Munich Re. A copy of the presentation can be seen here. Hosted by Standard Life, Edinburgh.
- 20 February 2014 - The Economic Impact of Scottish independence. Speakers Prof David Bell, University of Stirling and Dr Angus Armstrong, National Institute of Economic & Social Research. Hosted by Prudential, Stirling.
- 13 March 2014 - Building and using an effective risk appetite framework. Presented by Chris Cormack, Head of Financial Risk, Royal London. A copy of the presentation can be seen here. Hosted by Royal London, Edinburgh.
- 16 April 2014 - Alternative annuity design: constructing the pension schemes of the future. Presented by Dr Catherine Donnelly, Heriot Watt University. Hosted by Heriot Watt University.
- 1 May 2014 - Banking for Actuaries. Presented by John Young, Head of Customer Value, Retail Products, RBS. A copy of the presentation can be seen here. Hosted by Ernst & Young, Edinburgh.
- 12 June 2014 - Dealing with Government. Presented by Alan Rubenstein, Chief Executive of the Pension Protection Fund. A copy of the presentation can be seen here. Hosted by Hymans Robertson, Glasgow.
2012/2013 Session
- 17 April 2013 - Hope for the best but prepare for the worst – looking at the impact of a prolonged period of low long term interest rates on pension fund and insurance company balance sheets. Presented by Hamish Wilson. Hosted by Hymans Robertson, Glasgow
- 22 May 2013 - The impossibility of pensions – Can society support a retired population in the style it desires. Presented by Kate Yates. Hosted by Towers Watson, Edinburgh
- 28 June 2013 - The forthcoming FCA annuity review and the implications for the industry. Hosted by KPMG, Edinburgh
- 31 Jul 2013 - Discussion of EIOPA A long term guarantee impact assessment Study. Presented by Sandy Sharp. Hosted by Prudential, Stirling
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Events calendar
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The Great Risk Transfer – Breakfast briefing and launch event
Staple Inn Hall, High Holborn London WC1V 7QJ31 January 2019Launch of the IFoA’s 2020 thought leadership campaign The Great Risk Transfer. The campaign will examine the trend of the transfer of risk from institutions to individuals, and how people can be better equipped to manage the financial risks they now face. At this breakfast event the IFoA will launch a call for evidence on this topic.
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Sessional Meeting - Silent Cyber Assessment Framework
Staple Inn Hall, High Holborn, London, WC1V 7QJ9 December 2019The (re)insurance industry is faced with a growing risk related to the development of information technology (IT). This growth is creating an increasingly digitally interconnected world with more and more dependence being placed on IT systems to manage processes. Note: Registration is from 17.30 in time for the sessional to begin at 18.00.
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CPD Member Event in Shanghai, China
Function Room, F39, S1 Fuson Group, the Bund Finance Centre, No.600 Zhongshang East 2nd Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai Chinese address:BFC外滩国际金融金融中心,S1复星集团,39层报告厅,上海中山东二路600号9 December 2019The IFoA’s President-elect Tan Suee Chieh will visit Shanghai. We will host CPD and Awards Presenting event on Monday 9 December 2019. The event is part of Mr Tan’s first presidential trip to China.
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Professional Skills Training - London (10 December 2019)
Staple Inn, High Holborn, London WC1V 7QJ10 December 2019This event will be of interest to students and recently qualified actuaries.
A 2 hour CPD event designed to meet the IFoA’s Stage 3 Professional Skills Training under the IFoA’s CPD Scheme 2019/2020. The content and discussion at this session is particularly tailored to actuarial students and newly qualified actuaries working in any area and the format is interactive, so you should come along prepared to take part in the discussions with your peers.
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IFoA Joint Member Event with the Sunshine Insurance Group, Beijing China
Room TBC, Kuntai International Plaza, No.12, Chaowai Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing 地址:会议室待定,北京市朝阳区朝外大街乙12号1号楼昆泰国际大厦12 December 2019The IFoA’s President-elect Tan Suee Chieh will visit Beijing. We will co-host CPD and Awards Presenting event with the Sunshine Insurance Group on Thursday 12 December 2019. The event is part of Mr Tan’s first presidential trip to China.
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NOCA event - The stochastic full balance sheet model
N/A13 December 2019Presenter Bill Curry
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ARC Sessional Research Event: Drivers of Mortality - Risk Factors and Inequality
Staple Inn Hall, High Holborn, London, WC1V 7QJ6 January 2020The authors will focus on a large dataset obtained from the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) and related sources. Data are available at the level of Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs) – small geographical areas with, typically, 1000-2000 residents and include death counts, exposures and a significant number of socio-economic variables including the index of multiple deprivation (IMD).
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SIAS Event: My Journey to Data Science, Big Data and AI
Staple Inn Hall, High Holborn, London, WC1V 7QJ7 January 2020Patrick Lee is an actuary who has made the transition to working in software architecture and artificial intelligence (AI). He holds Microsoft Professional qualifications in Data Science, Big Data and AI and is currently working towards a DevOps (the automation of software testing and deployment) qualification. He is a member of the IFoA Council and is also President of the Wessex Actuarial Society. He is also a member of the IFoA and the RSS's joint Data Science Focus Group and will talk on the ethical use of AI.
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NED Event: Actuaries as iNEDs of Investment Fund Boards / Investment Governance Committees and Value
Staple Inn Hall High Holborn London WC1V 7QJ9 January 2020The event will be chaired by Brandon Horwitz, an actuary who is a consultant who has held various investment governance roles and who specialises in investment governance as well as being an iNED.
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NoCA event - The Matching Adjustment Calculation
N/A10 January 2020This presentation covers the detail for how the matching adjustment is calculated. A small simple example spreadsheet is provided and discussed in detail.
For actuaries wanting to get more involved with the matching adjustment, this is the opportunity to get a detailed description of the mechanics involved. This includes cashflows derisking, PRA tests as well as hypothecation.
The presentation is provided by James Sharpe who has worked on a number of matching adjustment calculations with several firms.
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IFoA Volunteer Recognition Reception
Staple Inn, 4 High Holborn, Holborn, London WC1V 6DR, UK15 January 2020As a thank you to all our Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) volunteers, you are invited to join us at Staple Inn Hall, for an evening of drinks, canapes and networking, in London.
IFoA President, John Taylor, will be attending and will make a speech
If you support the IFoA as a volunteer (member or non-member), or in any other role, and you are going to be in London on 15 January, please book your place and join us at this reception.
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Professional Skills Training - London (16 January 2020)
Staple Inn, High Holborn, London WC1V 7QJ16 January 2020This event is now fully booked. To join the waiting list please click here.
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Sessional Meeting - Operational Risk Dependencies
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 9 Queen St Edinburgh EH2 1JQ20 January 2020The Operational Risk Working Party aims to assist actuaries and others in the modelling and management of operational risk. One of the key challenges in modelling operational risk is the modelling of dependencies between operational risks, and between operational and non-operational risks such as market, credit and insurance risk. Their paper seeks to assist in this regard, and help develop good practice in setting assumptions and modelling operational risk dependencies.
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Professional Skills Training - Edinburgh (23 January 2020)
IFoA (Edinburgh), Level 2, Exchange Crescent 7 Conference Square Edinburgh EH3 8RA23 January 2020This event is now fully booked. To join the waiting list please click here.
A Trusted Profession
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KSS event in Glasgow: Public Sector Pensions
Hymans Robertson, Glasgow 20 Waterloo St, Glasgow30 January 2020– the unappreciated key assumption, the resulting unsustainable promises, the unmanaged risk and the unrecognised debt?
Speaker: Allan Martin will present this talk on 30 January in Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh. If you wish to register for another location please return to the Events Calendar.
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KSS event in Stirling: Public Sector Pensions
M&G Prudential, Stirling Craigforth Campus, Stirling30 January 2020– the unappreciated key assumption, the resulting unsustainable promises, the unmanaged risk and the unrecognised debt?
Speaker: Allan Martin will present this talk on 30 January in Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh. If you wish to register for another location please return to the Events Calendar.
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KSS event in Edinburgh: Public Sector Pensions
Hymans Robertson 1, Exchange Place, Semple St, Edinburgh30 January 2020– the unappreciated key assumption, the resulting unsustainable promises, the unmanaged risk and the unrecognised debt?
Speaker: Allan Martin will present this talk on 30 January in Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh. If you wish to register for another location please return to the Events Calendar.
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NoCA event - The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: The role of actuaries
N/A31 January 2020Presenters: Rebecca Deegan, Head of Policy, IFoA, and Faye Alessandrello, Policy Manager, IFoA
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Professional Skills Training - London (11 February 2020)
Staple Inn, High Holborn, London WC1V 7QJ11 February 2020A Trusted Profession
A 2 hour CPD event designed to meet the IFoA’s Stage 3 Professional Skills Training under the IFoA’s CPD Scheme 2019/2020. This session is suitable for actuaries working in any area (i.e. it is not specifically aimed at Pensions, GI or any other technical discipline) and is interactive, so you should come along prepared to take part in the discussions.
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Sessional: Impact of E-cigarettes Working Party
Royal College of Physicians, 9 Queen St, Edinburgh EH2 1JQ24 February 2020This sessional meeting will be of direct interest to actuaries and others working in the in the Health and Care, Life or Pensions sectors or indeed actuaries with an interest in morbidity or mortality. Note: Registration is from 17.30 in time for the sessional to begin at 18.00.
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Professional Skills Training - Edinburgh (25 February 2020)
IFoA (Edinburgh), Level 2, Exchange Crescent 7 Conference Square Edinburgh EH3 8RA25 February 2020A Trusted Profession
A 2 hour CPD event designed to meet the IFoA’s Stage 3 Professional Skills Training under the IFoA’s CPD Scheme 2019/2020. This session is suitable for actuaries working in any area (i.e. it is not specifically aimed at Pensions, GI or any other technical discipline) and is interactive, so you should come along prepared to take part in the discussions.
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NoCA event - Model Risk
N/A28 February 2020Presenter: Mark Pibworth
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Spring Lecture 2020, Edinburgh - Vicky Pryce
Assembly Rooms, 54 George St, Edinburgh EH2 2LR25 March 2020What next in Economic Policy?
Please join us on 25 March 2020 for our annual Spring Lecture presented by Vicky Pryce in Edinburgh.
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NoCA event - Intergenerational Fairness: Thinking long-term
N/A27 March 2020Presented By: Rebecca Deegan, Head of Policy, IFoA, and Catherine Burtle, Senior Policy Analyst, IFoA
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IFoA Asia Conference 2020, Kuala Lumpur
CCEC Nexus, 7, Jalan Kerinchi, Bangsar South, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia24-25 June 2020The sixth annual Asia Conference once again offers a prestigious line-up of home and international speakers discussing the insurance and financial industry’s innovation and change in Asia. This year's conference in Kuala Lumpur will be hosted by Tan Suee Chieh, IFoA’s first Asian President. He will also make his Presidential address at this conference and will expand on the important elements of IFoA’s new strategy.
Additionally, this landmark conference will showcase how the IFoA is reinventing itself to support its members to succeed and thrive in a digital age, within traditional businesses and beyond, as a global organisation.
Not to be missed by international industry players, opinion formers, academic and industry leaders, actuaries and non-actuaries.